diff --git a/thingifier/pom.xml b/thingifier/pom.xml
index 3a639760..c6422415 100644
--- a/thingifier/pom.xml
+++ b/thingifier/pom.xml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
       <dependency>
           <groupId>com.sparkjava</groupId>
           <artifactId>spark-core</artifactId>
-          <version>2.7.2</version>
+          <version>2.8.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
           <groupId>org.json</groupId>